Hobby sewer here! Linen is only scratchy and wrinkles easily if the fabric is of not so great quality. Good quality linen feels buttery soft and doesn't wrinkle as easily. It's much better than cotton because it can take up a lot more moisture and it doesn't take on smells as quickly. However you have to care for linen differently. Soak it in water before you wash it, don't machine dry, iron with a lot of steam when the fabric is still wet. It will last you a lifetime!
You are so right! With linen - as with silk and cashmere - you get what you pay for. I speak as a 70-year-old 😅. My best white jeans are of Japanese linen. My best linen shirts from WNU (British brand)
I'm glad you brought up the issue of office a/c. It's maddening to need a winter wardrobe at work and a summer wardrobe for the commute / lunch time errands/walk etc. My office is so cold that if I want to wear a skirt or dress I have to wear tights and/or socks. But that's too warm to wear on the skytrain or out for a walk at lunch. Ditto the whole work-sweater/shawl/cardigan layering pieces, but at least they are easier to throw off when you need to leave the "meat locker."
Great video - and appreciate the range of skin tones and body sizes in your example photos. I think it makes your tips relatable to so many more viewers.
I live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷 so, for me it’s very usual to put a look together layering fresh fabrics even in “winter” time here . I like summer though , relaxed outfits , white, flats … we naturally glow. Brazilian people have a particular kind of layed back style. I love todays looks ❤ Havaianas since birth here lol
The maxi/midi is my best friend here in The Lone Star State! Predicted high temp 100°! What so insane, you'll hear a native Texan say...."O, that's not that bad...."!😊😅😂😅😊 I also use hair color as an accessory. ❤
Thanks for this. I live in the South and it's crazy hot and humid April through September. I have the added challenge of not being comfortable with my upper arms, so it's hard to find a one and done. I need to up my accessory game and switch up my bag more often.
I have no A/C at home so I have a love-hate relationship with Toronto summers. I focus on fabrics, looser silhouettes, and plenty of dresses. And when all else fails, I have a pretty hand fan 🪭 with me.
I sweat too much for jeans in the Summer. Moving forward, fabric and one item loose dressing will do. I will use accessories to elevate it all. Great video!
I tried to put on jeans recently during a hot spell and couldn’t. Even tried linen pants and still couldn’t. I can only wear linen shorts and skirts and all lose.
Great video! I thrift shop weekly year round. I'm always looking for pieces that are cotton poplin or gauze, silk, lyocell and linen blends for this difficult hot season. I buy either prints or midtone to dark colors because they show the sweat less. Still I find that summer clothes don't last as long because of the sweat stains.
I will never understand people sweating in their polyester, Lycra clothes just cause they are “trendy”. I love cotton and linen in really hot and humid weather.
Ok, I 100% share your opinion of summer!😓 I looooove fall and winter--the layers! The cozy sweaters! The boots! The result of this opinion plus my innate stubborness is that summers always catch me with few options outside of cutoff denim shorts and tanks because I never want to spend my money on clothing I do not care for, for a season I do not like to dress for. It has created a vicious cycle. Thanks to you and to Caroline Joy's Unfancy blog, I have finally started slowly adding in lightweight summer pieces that I am as happy to wear as I can be, considering it is July rather than November. 🤷♀️ I don't think it can be overstated how much it helps to know my style, as that has kept me from desperately buying anything that is marketed to me because "summer!" (a mistake I made on repeat for YEARS). Now I really think about what a hot-weather version of the fall/winter clothes I love can look like--as another viewer suggested, linen pants rather than jeans; a soft lightweight tee instead of a crewneck sweater; clogs instead of boots. Thank you for sharing your wisdom, your honesty, and your relatability. You are making people's lives better! Rock on!
Great video. After moving to South Florida several years ago, I’m still struggling with my never ending summer wardrobe but your recommendations are spot on. My closet is now filled with flowy cottons and linens with a few structured pieces and/or statement accessories to help elevate things a bit. Won’t be here forever but making the best of it for the time being. ❤
In the humid heat of Sicily, I find even cotton or silk (never mind denim) uncomfortable. Linen all the way! But good quality, which looks crisp even with a few creases. No leather handbags - I get cheap but fun straw bags from a market
I agree, Summer is the worst season to dress for although I do love it, I look forward to fall/winter each year because I can layer up and have a little more style to my look...
Thanks so much for this, such great ideas. I live in the sub-tropics (Queensland, Australia) and i find it so difficult to pull together great outfits when it’s sunny and humid for 8 months of the year. I always feel my outfits look so boring and basic. I’ll be implementing some of these ideas when spring comes around in a couple of months.
Same here! The humidity is a punish, especially for months on end. I used to love summer, but prefer a winter wardrobe. I might source a couple of dresses for next summer. These tips are really useful.
your tips are easy to follow with the addition of the style examples. i feel like i can tackle this summer with a much better wardrobe whilst only adding one or two new pieces and switching out and trying many new combinations with my existing ones!
I agree with you that fabric is super important in the summer! I'm really just discovering this fact, so only cotton, linen or a combo, or other breathable options are my new purchases.
Summer is definitely my least favorite season for more than one reason, but it's videos like this that help reinvigorate that creative spark within me! Thanks for making this video, Christina! ❤❤
Someone commented earlier about tips for men. I also use the tips about fabric, fit, colour, and proportions when “advising” my husband 😂 he’s a pretty good dresser but now is much more open to trying different fabrics in shirts, linen being the main one and cotton gauze seersucker too. He’s amazed how much cooler he feels. I still can’t get him out of his jeans in the summer 😂 but he’s now open to trying a linen or linen blend casual pant 😂
Never in my life have I wanted to look chic (just not how I feel like myself), but I find it so fun to watch videos about it lol Love the black sleeveless maxi dress! Looks very cool
Tbh summer is my favorite season to dress ❤ might be because I live in Germany and I'm fine here with long flowy trousers and a cotton or linen button up - that's so much easier than layering imo :)
I agree summer is hopeless for looking good unless you have a gorgeous body you don’t mind to show off! But…. Well you look good in everything you show and I love that you show how to dress when you don’t want to show lots of skin! 👌
Maxi skirt and tank tops dresses and jumpsuit playsuit always are breezey cool and still really classy looking and can fit most people's styles too then concentrate on accessories more shoes bags scarves and hair accessories jewelry ect....
Thank you for this video Christina! Summer is the most difficult season to dress, or it is hot or raining.. And the linen clothing I own are not itchy and very good quality so it depends. ❤
While the summer season may not be the most suitable for layering and looking chic, it kind of is the only helpful style season for me because where i live it’s essentially summer all year long haha!
Originally my husband and I were planning a trip to Ireland this summer and I was ok because it's a little cooler there but plans have changed and now we're going to Vegas at the end of August and I'm a little nervous about how to handle that weather. Especially with me already being sun/heat sensitive but will also just be finishing up a 6 week course of doxycycline.
Hat. Wear a big straw hat to keep the sun off. I’m in DC & I have a couple of different straw hats for summer plus one plus one Wallaroo brand hat for the beach (it’s that material that blocks the sun but it looks v cute still).
I live near Chicago. 90°F and very high humidity. Great ideas in today's video. I wear a fairly minimalist, paired down wardrobe. Loose shirts, loose straight leg linen pants, tees, I'm 5'4" and US size 14. I feel it makes me look very masculine. Any ideas on how to add some feminity to a pared down silhouette?
I have an unpopular opinion that if you really want to look chic you should not wear more than 2 colors. I learned this from Hanna Louise Poston and it has really really made me look better IMO. You can wear the two colors in different tones together so you aren’t totally limited
Truly hate summer dressing... it's super dusty here, so white doesn't stay white long and dusty feet in dusty sandals look disgusting. And don't get me started on hats... they are needed to keep the sun off my face, but talk about ugly. I just give up.
Take a shot every time I say “layering” 😂 - happy Sunday, friends! Let me know your fave ways to stay cool and chic in the summer ☀️
your tips are spot on !! I really like them!! thanks for the video
I have work tomorrow morning, so I’ll take a shot of my chamomile tea
Hobby sewer here! Linen is only scratchy and wrinkles easily if the fabric is of not so great quality. Good quality linen feels buttery soft and doesn't wrinkle as easily. It's much better than cotton because it can take up a lot more moisture and it doesn't take on smells as quickly. However you have to care for linen differently. Soak it in water before you wash it, don't machine dry, iron with a lot of steam when the fabric is still wet. It will last you a lifetime!
Can you kindly recommend a brand that sells quality linen, that's not quite as expensive as Brunello Cucinelli? Thank you for your comment.
You are so right! With linen - as with silk and cashmere - you get what you pay for. I speak as a 70-year-old 😅. My best white jeans are of Japanese linen. My best linen shirts from WNU (British brand)
@@mariecurie7491Thank you for taking the time to respond. Really appreciate it!
@@philemon1try Athleta. I have several of their linen pants and they’re great.
Agreed. I have linen clothing I’ve had for several years and they just get softer and more comfortable over time.
I'm glad you brought up the issue of office a/c. It's maddening to need a winter wardrobe at work and a summer wardrobe for the commute / lunch time errands/walk etc. My office is so cold that if I want to wear a skirt or dress I have to wear tights and/or socks. But that's too warm to wear on the skytrain or out for a walk at lunch. Ditto the whole work-sweater/shawl/cardigan layering pieces, but at least they are easier to throw off when you need to leave the "meat locker."
Great video - and appreciate the range of skin tones and body sizes in your example photos. I think it makes your tips relatable to so many more viewers.
Preach Christina!!! Summer dressing is the worst!
I live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷 so, for me it’s very usual to put a look together layering fresh fabrics even in “winter” time here . I like summer though , relaxed outfits , white, flats … we naturally glow. Brazilian people have a particular kind of layed back style. I love todays looks ❤ Havaianas since birth here lol
Hi 👋 do you have an Instagram account? I would love to follow you and see your ideas especially for Summer. Thanks so much ❤
It’s 100 degrees here in the summer and I can’t even think about looking good anymore, but I do have several sets that match - vests and shorts.
Totally agree with your statement that it is hard to dress office ready in the hot summer
Im definitely not a fan of summer heat humidity or most of the clothing. Thank you for this video…ill stand w you on the unpopular opinion 😊
I was in the middle of packing for a trip and this video helped me really hone in my packing items. Thanks a million!
THANK YOU!!! This is my biggest issue. I live in Cali, and it is hot 9 months out of the year.
The maxi/midi is my best friend here in The Lone Star State! Predicted high temp 100°! What so insane, you'll hear a native Texan say...."O, that's not that bad...."!😊😅😂😅😊 I also use hair color as an accessory. ❤
I so wish that there was someone like you for mens fashion and lifestyle.
Aussie here for men shorts and linen shirts 😊
Would be great!
Staying cool on the way to work & staying warm at work!! Thank you. I feel so seen.
Thanks for this. I live in the South and it's crazy hot and humid April through September. I have the added challenge of not being comfortable with my upper arms, so it's hard to find a one and done. I need to up my accessory game and switch up my bag more often.
I have no A/C at home so I have a love-hate relationship with Toronto summers. I focus on fabrics, looser silhouettes, and plenty of dresses. And when all else fails, I have a pretty hand fan 🪭 with me.
I sweat too much for jeans in the Summer. Moving forward, fabric and one item loose dressing will do. I will use accessories to elevate it all. Great video!
I tried to put on jeans recently during a hot spell and couldn’t. Even tried linen pants and still couldn’t. I can only wear linen shorts and skirts and all lose.
Great video! I thrift shop weekly year round. I'm always looking for pieces that are cotton poplin or gauze, silk, lyocell and linen blends for this difficult hot season. I buy either prints or midtone to dark colors because they show the sweat less. Still I find that summer clothes don't last as long because of the sweat stains.
I will never understand people sweating in their polyester, Lycra clothes just cause they are “trendy”. I love cotton and linen in really hot and humid weather.
Ok, I 100% share your opinion of summer!😓 I looooove fall and winter--the layers! The cozy sweaters! The boots! The result of this opinion plus my innate stubborness is that summers always catch me with few options outside of cutoff denim shorts and tanks because I never want to spend my money on clothing I do not care for, for a season I do not like to dress for. It has created a vicious cycle. Thanks to you and to Caroline Joy's Unfancy blog, I have finally started slowly adding in lightweight summer pieces that I am as happy to wear as I can be, considering it is July rather than November. 🤷♀️ I don't think it can be overstated how much it helps to know my style, as that has kept me from desperately buying anything that is marketed to me because "summer!" (a mistake I made on repeat for YEARS). Now I really think about what a hot-weather version of the fall/winter clothes I love can look like--as another viewer suggested, linen pants rather than jeans; a soft lightweight tee instead of a crewneck sweater; clogs instead of boots. Thank you for sharing your wisdom, your honesty, and your relatability. You are making people's lives better! Rock on!
A New Video from Christina is the best way to start my morning🌄♥️♥️and your videos are always always best🥹
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Great video. After moving to South Florida several years ago, I’m still struggling with my never ending summer wardrobe but your recommendations are spot on. My closet is now filled with flowy cottons and linens with a few structured pieces and/or statement accessories to help elevate things a bit. Won’t be here forever but making the best of it for the time being. ❤
In the humid heat of Sicily, I find even cotton or silk (never mind denim) uncomfortable. Linen all the way! But good quality, which looks crisp even with a few creases. No leather handbags - I get cheap but fun straw bags from a market
I’m in Las Vegas, so basically surface of the sun, and I would love some transitional day to evening looks! This was great, thanks!
I agree, Summer is the worst season to dress for although I do love it, I look forward to fall/winter each year because I can layer up and have a little more style to my look...
I've been wearing "one and done" a lot through dresses and rompers/jumpsuits.
Thanks so much for this, such great ideas. I live in the sub-tropics (Queensland, Australia) and i find it so difficult to pull together great outfits when it’s sunny and humid for 8 months of the year. I always feel my outfits look so boring and basic. I’ll be implementing some of these ideas when spring comes around in a couple of months.
Same here! The humidity is a punish, especially for months on end. I used to love summer, but prefer a winter wardrobe. I might source a couple of dresses for next summer. These tips are really useful.
Love your videos, always my go to for with my Sunday morning coffee ❤
yes! summer is my hardest season for styling… I really need layers and maybe a scarf to feel my best!
Totally with you, summer is so hard to look chic! Love these tips, will definitely lean into my accessories more!
In addition to loose fits and light natural fabrics, I always carry around a fan. Stylish and practical!
your tips are easy to follow with the addition of the style examples. i feel like i can tackle this summer with a much better wardrobe whilst only adding one or two new pieces and switching out and trying many new combinations with my existing ones!
I love seeing you in skirts and dresses. I remember when you didn’t like them in the past. They suit you well! 😊
I agree with you that fabric is super important in the summer! I'm really just discovering this fact, so only cotton, linen or a combo, or other breathable options are my new purchases.
That authentic summer out is mine too. 😂I really wanted to elevate it this summer. Happy to have this video.
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Summer is definitely my least favorite season for more than one reason, but it's videos like this that help reinvigorate that creative spark within me! Thanks for making this video, Christina! ❤❤
Love this… although summer is my favourite season I appreciate how it complicates dressing. Would love a WFH version…🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Someone commented earlier about tips for men. I also use the tips about fabric, fit, colour, and proportions when “advising” my husband 😂 he’s a pretty good dresser but now is much more open to trying different fabrics in shirts, linen being the main one and cotton gauze seersucker too. He’s amazed how much cooler he feels. I still can’t get him out of his jeans in the summer 😂 but he’s now open to trying a linen or linen blend casual pant 😂
Never in my life have I wanted to look chic (just not how I feel like myself), but I find it so fun to watch videos about it lol
Love the black sleeveless maxi dress! Looks very cool
I love your style and the way clothes look on you. Great tips, as always. Thank you Christina.❤
Love your videos! Thank you for sharing these great tips! ❤
I found a cotton and silk top at an estate sale…it is so cool and comfortable. I love dresses..have to be cotton or linen. I love your hair up. ❤❤❤
Tbh summer is my favorite season to dress ❤ might be because I live in Germany and I'm fine here with long flowy trousers and a cotton or linen button up - that's so much easier than layering imo :)
Love the video! Could you share where the black tube top in the cover image of the video is from? I’ve been on the hunt for a similar style.
their largest size, which there aren't many of, is a US 8; most items only go to a US 6. wow, just wow
They have some great pieces but I won’t buy from them on principle because of that. I didn’t expect them to carry my size but was looking for a gift.
Thank you for this video. More summer time vibes please I live in southwest Florida and we are over 85 degrees most of the year.
I agree summer is hopeless for looking good unless you have a gorgeous body you don’t mind to show off! But…. Well you look good in everything you show and I love that you show how to dress when you don’t want to show lots of skin! 👌
Hahaha I literally had a tshirt and Jean shorts on while watching this. Thank you, I needed this motivation!!
So timely as Ontario had a blistering heat wave lol. Great video!
This is an excellent video. I enjoyed it from beginning to end. Thank you Fabric for sponsoring! 😊
Maxi skirt and tank tops dresses and jumpsuit playsuit always are breezey cool and still really classy looking and can fit most people's styles too then concentrate on accessories more shoes bags scarves and hair accessories jewelry ect....
Thank you for this video Christina! Summer is the most difficult season to dress, or it is hot or raining.. And the linen clothing I own are not itchy and very good quality so it depends. ❤
Yasss just purchased some light weight vests to get some layers in my look! 😘
Summer is my favorite season! I keep cool with loose fitting linen pants and flowy cotton skirts and dresses. :D
Summer blows. Christina is right.
Hello from Singapore where it’s always summer ❤
I hate layering so summer is my favourite season to dress for 😅
While the summer season may not be the most suitable for layering and looking chic, it kind of is the only helpful style season for me because where i live it’s essentially summer all year long haha!
Originally my husband and I were planning a trip to Ireland this summer and I was ok because it's a little cooler there but plans have changed and now we're going to Vegas at the end of August and I'm a little nervous about how to handle that weather. Especially with me already being sun/heat sensitive but will also just be finishing up a 6 week course of doxycycline.
Hat. Wear a big straw hat to keep the sun off. I’m in DC & I have a couple of different straw hats for summer plus one plus one Wallaroo brand hat for the beach (it’s that material that blocks the sun but it looks v cute still).
I wish you recommended brands available in Europe, too. Fabrique ships only within the USA. :(
Spot on , great video and informative when it’s super hot 🥵 chic on!❤️
Where is the black button down shirt? I didn't see it on your links. Thank you!
I live near Chicago. 90°F and very high humidity. Great ideas in today's video. I wear a fairly minimalist, paired down wardrobe. Loose shirts, loose straight leg linen pants, tees, I'm 5'4" and US size 14. I feel it makes me look very masculine. Any ideas on how to add some feminity to a pared down silhouette?
Maybe a chunky necklace or some statement earrings? That’s what I would try…
Great video! Hate summer dressing. 😫😫😫🤨😚
I agree about dressing for summer, the worst. Give me winter clothing any day over summer clothing.
When u live in the Caribbean ( like i do) this is all year round….
I love it!!! ❤❤❤
God, you're gorgeous 😍 love your videos! 🩵💛 from Ukraine
Where did you get your sunglasses from?
The cream crinkly blazer and trousers are polyester and nylon with a polyester lining. Do they not get sweaty?
Dragon Diffusion bag? Style listed here?
Link for those too cool sunglasses, please?
I have an unpopular opinion that if you really want to look chic you should not wear more than 2 colors. I learned this from Hanna Louise Poston and it has really really made me look better IMO. You can wear the two colors in different tones together so you aren’t totally limited
Summer is definitely the worst month for dressing well, I've always said it!
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Ugh, I hate dressing for summer.
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Hello, thanks for tips. I agree with almost everything, but Havaianas, no! Havaianas are all unless chic!
Flip-flops are not for the streets. Dirty feet. Just for the beach.
Is this not an opinion held by everyone.
Truly hate summer dressing... it's super dusty here, so white doesn't stay white long and dusty feet in dusty sandals look disgusting. And don't get me started on hats... they are needed to keep the sun off my face, but talk about ugly. I just give up.
Love your videos, always my go to for with my Sunday morning coffee ❤